Scorsese Takes on the Wolf

Okay, maybe all of you knew this already, but it came as a shock to me.

I was browsing in a bookstore in Paris earlier today, and I came across the French version of The Wolf of Wall Street. On the book jacket there was a streamer that read, "Soon to be a major motion picture by Martin Scorsese."

So I came home and looked it up, and sure enough, he's got it in development for 2010 and it looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to play Jordan Belfort.

I've always considered Belfort a total blowhard, so when he mentioned they were going to make a movie of the book, I took it with a huge grain of salt. Now I'm kinda pumped to see it. I think if anyone could make a great movie of the Stratton Oakmont story it would definitely be Scorsese.

I just hope he tells it like it was and doesn't make another Boiler Room.